You are currently viewing our boards as a guest, which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community, you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content, and access many other special features. In addition, registered members also see less advertisements. Registration is fast, simple, and absolutely free, so please, join our community today!

Tanaka if you want a heavier weight workhorse. I dunno why these are so inexpensive, but I am not complaining! One of my favorite gyuto's out there, they just need a little rounding of the spine and choil areas, which is common to many knives. Not sure if Mark can talk Tanaka into doing it before they ship, but it's fairly easy to do.

Check out the Kohetsu series. I have a 210mm and am going to get a 240mm as well. I've been playing with it the past week and the 210mm just went on par/beat out my Tanaka Sekiso and Richmond AS 240mm gyuto's and Nakiri's on sweet potatoes. Cuts very smoothly, retains the edge very well and isn't too bad to sharpen. Grind and HT are awesome on this knife! It's "laser" thin, but seems to hold up very well.

Knife Fanatic

Post subject: Re: Best work horse: Hiromoto, Masakage Shimo, Tanaka

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:57 am

If you mean workhorse, as in something that will take a beating better than the others, than Hiromoto wins in this category. Shimo is the best cutter, with the Tanaka not being far behind, but the Shimo will also have the most delicate edge.

Adam Marr

Post subject: Re: Best work horse: Hiromoto, Masakage Shimo, Tanaka

Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:37 am

Forum Moderator

Joined: Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:36 pmPosts: 3330

Hiromoto or Tanaka.....I'd pick based on another deciding factor as both are great workhorse knives.

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot post attachments in this forum